The Sacred Books of the East

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contribution of Darmesteter

...published a translation of Afghan songs and a valuable essay on Afghan language and literature. His English translation of the Avesta, prepared in collaboration with L.H. Mills, appeared in
Sacred Books of the East (vol. 4, 23, and 31, 1883–87), edited by the Anglo-German Orientalist and linguist Max Müller. Darmesteter’s French translation,
Le Zend-Avesta, 3 vol....

discussed in biography

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Rig-Veda-samhitâ: The Sacred Hymns of the Bráhmans (6 vol., 1849–74); his work as editor of the 51-volume series of translations
The Sacred Books of the East; and his initial editing of the series
Sacred Books of the Buddhists. In addition, Müller was an important early proponent of a...